National Players of the Year
1972	BILL WALTON	UCLA
1973	BILL WALTON	UCLA
1974	BILL WALTON	UCLA
1975	DAVID THOMPSON	N.C. STATE
1976	SCOTT MAY	INDIANA
1977	MARQUES JOHNSON	UCLA
1978	BUTCH LEE	MARQUETTE
1979	LARRY BIRD	INDIANA STATE
1980	MARK AGUIRRE	DEPAUL
1981	RALPH SAMPSON	VIRGINIA
1982	RALPH SAMPSON	VIRGINIA
1983	RALPH SAMPSON	VIRGINIA
1984	MICHAEL JORDAN	NORTH CAROLINA
Presented
Annually to the Associated Press Player of the Year
The
Adolph F. Rupp Trophy
The PLAYER OF THE YEAR as selected annually by the Associated Press is awarded the solid bronze Adolph Rupp Trophy by the Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky. The Rupp Trophy is presented in honor of the legendary Adolph Rupp  the "Winningest Coach" in college basketball history.
The "Coach's" 875 victories compiled in his 42-year career at the University of Kentucky is the best ever.
The Rupp Trophy is on permanent display at the Basketball Hall of Fame. Springfield. Massachusetts.